"packhorse" were the only means of conveying information.    From Wordnik.com.  [MoneyWeek RSS - All] Reference

One-Eye led the packhorse, this made him very proud.    From Wordnik.com.  [When the Lion Feeds]

Vaerana motioned Fowler over to hold the wounded packhorse.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Veiled Dragon]

His mount and his packhorse were tethered at the rear of it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conan The Invincible]

"We will need a packhorse," she said as if he had not spoken.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shadow Rising]

"I guess that'll hold you," he said, and caught the packhorse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lonesome Dove]

So was the stove and all the wicker panniers from the packhorse.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eye of the World]

Thom and Juilin came not far behind, and they had a packhorse too.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lord of Chaos]

Shortly, two Jeranyi troopers quickly put the body on a packhorse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fall of Angels]

The wain trains which had lately followed the packhorse trains over the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Round Anvil Rock A Romance] Reference

She was riding one horse and leading a packhorse and a spare on a lead.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spirit Gate] Reference

'You do not need to pile your packhorse with quite so many riches, my lady.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Falcons of Montabard]

To drive the camel I will probably give them two riding-horses and a packhorse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills] Reference

The big, woven baskets slung on the packhorse scraped the buildings on both sides.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eye of the World]

O'eki took it off the packhorse, over there, you see where the luggage is stacked.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spirit Gate] Reference

We try to limit 180 pounds to each packhorse not including the packsaddle and pads.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why do you love or hate camping?] Reference

Both the horse he was riding and his packhorse were grazing when he went back to them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bridge of the Separator]

There was no saddle -- he had not bothered to take the saddle off the dying packhorse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lonesome Dove]

She held the packhorse while Belegir built the pack into place, lashing it down firmly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Warslayer]

There was no saddle — he had not bothered to take the saddle off the dying packhorse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lonesome Dove]

Kurfan circled back and encouraged the packhorse with a few growls and a rush at its heels.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Warslayer]

Rhavas tugged on the reins and led the steppe pony he was riding and the packhorse after him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bridge of the Separator]

"Bring up the packhorse, quick, Chris," he commanded, with a break in his usually steady voice.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades] Reference

Tales about "Kojak", the outfit's packhorse who put more than one outfit employee in the hospital.    From Wordnik.com.  [grouse Diary Entry] Reference

And he went outside in search of Stanesby, whom he found strapping their swags on to the packhorse.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas] Reference

Koubatzes would not need any of that again, and Rhavas 'packhorse would have no trouble carrying it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bridge of the Separator]

The packhorse lasted only a day, and when he stopped, Blue Duck made her get up behind him on the big sorrel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lonesome Dove]

They had parked the car and Val complained that he had become a sort of packhorse, and anything but patient one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ralestone Luck] Reference

"The sergeant is exhausted," a soldier explained, coming from a packhorse with a bundle of wood to start a fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Odyssey]

An old fellow trailed after them with a packhorse in addition to his own mount, a stringy man without much hair and that gray.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lord of Chaos]

Rand hurriedly untied the poled lanterns off the packhorse, but even before the first was lit he realized he could see Mat's features.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eye of the World]

The horseshoes seemed to ring on the paving stones like bells; the lanterns clattered as if the packhorse were shaking them deliberately.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eye of the World]